Beneath a Desert Sky
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Beneath a Desert Sky is your connection to Phoenix area concert photographs reviews and concert announcements. It is a live music blog dedicated to rock music and photographers who enjoy capturing it in still images. Covers rock in all of its incarnations - rock, alt-rock, classic rock, punk, indie, metal, and other genres.
Beneath a Desert Sky
2w ago
It looks like the 2024 holiday season is shaping up to be a pretty strong one for music fans of all ages here in the Valley. Kicking off the festivities on Sun Dec. 1 will be Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which brings its Winter Tour 2024 for two shows to Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix. It’s hard ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
3w ago
Review by Val Tapia Photos by Fred Kuhlman Promoter: Danny Zelisko Presents (https://dzplive.com/ ) Venue: Celebrity Theatre (https://celebritytheatre.com/ ) Date: November 6th, 2024 Tour: The Origins Tour 2024 For the better part of the last decade, veteran hard rock quintet Queensrÿche had been playing at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre for the most part on recent tours ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
3w ago
I have to concede that I reviewed this show mainly for one reason, and one reason only— sheer curiosity. Speaking candidly, I wanted to see for myself how fans would accept “Jeff Lynne’s ELO” as opposed to the real ELO, or Electric Light Orchestra, take your pick. Initially, when I got the word early this ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Review by Val Tapia Photos by Fred Kuhlman Promoter: Live Nation (https://www.livenation.com/ ) Venue: The Van Buren (https://www.thevanburenphx.com ) Date: October 24th, 2024 Tour: Klash of The Titans Tour 2024 When it comes to seeing Testament live, there’s really only one way for me to describe their show— brutally intense. The fact that they can ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Let me think now… the year 1984. What pops into my head first and foremost was how awesome it was to be a young music fan at that time. I was 14 years old and in my second year of attending concerts with my cousin and older siblings. That particular year I saw Ozzy Osbourne’s ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Review and Photos by Fred Kuhlman Promoter: Danny Zelisko Presents (https://dzplive.com/ ) Venue: Celebrity Theatre (https://celebritytheatre.com/ ) Date: October 29th, 2024 Tour: 40 Anniversary Tour 2024 Stryper is an American Christian heavy metal hair band from La Mirada, California that initially formed in 1983 during the hair band hay days. Stryper currently consists of Michael ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Review and Photos by Fred Kuhlman Promoter: Danny Zelisko Presents (https://dzplive.com/ ) Venue: Celebrity Theatre (https://celebritytheatre.com/ ) Date: October 2nd, 2024 Tour: Evening of Heavy Metal Tonight was a spectacular night of true Heavy Metal. I have been a long-time fan of Judas Priest and was extremely happy to hear that both KK Priest and ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Review and Photos by Fred Kuhlman Promoter: Danny Zelisko Presents (https://dzplive.com/ ) Venue: Celebrity Theatre (https://celebritytheatre.com/ ) Date: October 5th, 2024 Tour: The Electric Years I first saw Al Di Meola when he performed with Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke in Return To Forever. It was amazing to see this young guitarist that was so ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Review by Val Tapia Photos by Fred Kuhlman Venue: Mesa Arts Center ( https://www.mesaartscenter.com/ ) Date: October 4th, 2024 Tour: 2024 Experience Hendrix Tour I suppose it can never be overstated that the late Jimi Hendrix remains the most influential and important rock guitarist in the history of popular music. That was abundantly clear on ..read more
Beneath a Desert Sky
1M ago
Review by Val Tapia Photo provided by Steve Mack It’s hard to believe its been 35 years since I first saw veteran singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge live. It was at Mesa Amphitheatre in Sept. 1990 on the Brave and Crazy tour. What immediately comes to mind when I think about that particular show is how much ..read more